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USDA. Economic Research Service.
Data and reports about food security and hunger in U.S. households and communities. Includes Definitions of Food Security and the September 2019 report Household Food Security in the United States in 2018 (Economic Research Report No. (ERR-270) 47 pp).
USDA. Economic Research Service.
This data system includes three distinct but related data series on food consumption: foods available for human consumption in the United States; nutrient availability; and loss-adjusted food availability. See also the ERS Diet Quality and Nutrition topic page.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Background information on the Food Quality Protection Act's (FQPA) provisions, discussion of some of the specific issues raised by the act, and links to the FQPA (Public Law 104-170 (1996)) and sources of related information.
USDA. Agricultural Marketing Service.
National pesticide residue database that documents pesticide residues on agricultural commodities in the U.S. food supply, with an emphasis on those commodities highly consumed by infants and children.
USDA. NAL. Food Safety Research Information Office
Data and reports on contamination and pesticide residues on food products.
USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center.
Links to information and resources on hunger and food security by topic: General Information; Children and Hunger; Databases; Hunger Relief Organizations; Research and Reports, and Resources for Healthcare Professionals.
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Report explores the extent to which land quality and land degradation affect agricultural productivity, how farmers respond to land degradation and whether land degradation poses a threat to productivity growth and food security in developing regions and around the world.
Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School.
Report providing basic information on resilience thinking and policy tools for strengthening the resilience of food systems to extreme weather events.
Vermont Law School. Center for Agriculture and Food Systems.
Policy database, case studies, webinars, and additional resources to support the development of sustainable and equitable local food systems.
The State University of New York. University at Buffalo.
Resources, including a collection of publications, to support the creation and implementation of plans and policies that enable the growth of economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable community food systems.